purposeful - 16 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | purposeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resolved to do something |
| Synonyms: | bent, bound, calculated, decided, deliberate, determined, firm, fixed, intense, intent, mean business*, obstinate, persistent, positive, resolute, settled, single-minded, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unfaltering, unwavering, be out for blood, dead set on, playing hard ball, purposive, telelogical, undeviating |
| Antonyms: | aimless, thoughtless, undetermined, unplanned, wanton |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | businesslike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | efficient, professional |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, careful, concentrated, correct, diligent, direct, earnest, effective, enterprising, expeditious, hardworking, industrious, intent, matter-of-fact, methodical, orderly, organized, painstaking, practical, practiced, purposeful, regular, routine, sedulous, serious, skillful, systematic, thorough, disciplined, well-ordered, workaday |
| Antonyms: | amateur, disorganized, inefficient, unprofessional, unbusinesslike |
| Main Entry: | dedicated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loyal, hard-working |
| Synonyms: | committed, devoted, enthusiastic, faithful, purposeful, single-minded, sworn, wholehearted, zealous, given over to, old faithful, single-hearted, true blue, true to the end |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, lazy |
| Main Entry: | deliberate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intentional |
| Synonyms: | advised, calculated, careful, cautious, cold-blooded, conscious, considered, cut-and-dried*, express, fixed, intended, meticulous, planned, predetermined, premeditated, provident, prudent, purposeful, scrupulous, studied, studious, thoughtful, voluntary, wary, willful, aforethought, designed, designful, done on purpose, judged, pondered, prearranged, predesigned, predeterminate, prepense, projected, purposed, purposive, reasoned, resolved, schemed, thought out, weighed, with forethought, witting |
| Antonyms: | chance, indeterminate, unintentional, unwitting, unmethodical, unsystematic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | determined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | driven, persistent |
| Synonyms: | bent, bent on, constant, decided, decisive, dogged, earnest, firm, fixed, intent, mean business*, obstinate, pat, persevering, purposeful, resolute, serious, set, settled, single-minded, solid, steadfast, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unfaltering, unflinching, unwavering, buckled down, hard-as-nails, hardboiled, on ice, resolved, set on, strong-minded, unhesitating |
| Antonyms: | flexible, hesitating, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | industrious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardworking |
| Synonyms: | active, assiduous, burning, busy, conscientious, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, grind*, intent, involved, jumping, laborious, operose, perky*, persevering, persistent, productive, purposeful, sedulous, spirited, steady, tireless, zealous, ball of fire, in full swing, on the go, plugging, psyched up on |
| Antonyms: | idle, inactive, indolent, lackadaisical, lazy, lethargic, slack, unemployed, unproductive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meaningful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | significant |
| Synonyms: | big, clear, concise, consequential, considerable, deep, eloquent, essential, exact, explicit, expressive, heavy, important, indicative, intelligible, material, momentous, pointed, pregnant, purposeful, relevant, sententious, serious, substantial, succinct, suggestive, useful, valid, weighty, worthwhile, allusive |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, meaningless, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | resolute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | determined, strong-willed |
| Synonyms: | adamant, bold, constant, courageous, decided, dogged, faithful, firm, fixed, immutable, inflexible, intrepid, loyal, obstinate, persevering, persistent, purposeful, relentless, serious, set, settled, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong, stubborn, tenacious, true, unbending, unchanging, uncompromising, undaunted, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unshakable, unshaken, unwavering, unyielding, valiant, dead set on, intent upon, meaning business, persisting, resolved |
| Antonyms: | afraid, cautious, cowardly, irresolute, weak |
| Main Entry: | studied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intentional |
| Synonyms: | advised, affected, calculated, conscious, considered, deliberate, examined, investigated, planned, premeditated, prepared, purposeful, reviewed, studious, thoughtful, voluntary, willful, willing, aforethought, designed, gone into, plotted, prepense, thought-about, thought-out, thought-through, well-considered |
| Antonyms: | natural, spontaneous, unintentional, unplanned |
| Main Entry: | directed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supervised |
| Synonyms: | aimed, managed, orderly, organized, purposeful, assisted, conducted, controlled, counseled, focused, guided, sponsored |
| Antonyms: | vagrant, wandering, misdirected |
| Main Entry: | ambitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desiring success |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, anxious, ardent, aspiring, avid, come on, designing, desirous, determined, driving, eager, eager beaver*, earnest, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, hopeful, hungry, industrious, inspired, intent, longing, purposeful, pushing, pushy*, resourceful, sharp, soaring, striving, thirsty, vaulting, zealous, ball of fire, bent upon, climbing, come on strong, fireball, get up and go, go-getter, goal-oriented, hard ball, high-reaching, power-loving, self-starting |
| Antonyms: | content, fulfilled, satisfied, unassuming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | earnest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very enthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | ardent, busy, devoted, diligent, eager, fervent, fervid, heartfelt, impassioned, industrious, keen, passionate, purposeful, sedulous, sincere, urgent, vehement, warm, wholehearted, zealous, perseverant |
| Antonyms: | flippant, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unpassionate, unpurposeful, unthoughtful |
| Main Entry: | tenacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong, unyielding |
| Synonyms: | adamant, bound, clinging, coherent, determined, dogged, fast, firm, forceful, inflexible, intransigent, iron, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, possessive, purposeful, relentless, resolute, set, solid, spunky, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, stout, strong-willed, stubborn, sturdy, sure, tight, tough, true, unshakable, unswerving, cohesive, meaning business, persisting, retentive, unforgetful |
| Antonyms: | weak, yielding, surrendering |
| Main Entry: | active |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very involved in activity |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, agile, alert, alive, animated, assiduous, bold, brisk, busy, chipper, daring, dashing, determined, dexterous, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, engaged, enterprising, enthusiastic, eventful, forceful, forcible, fresh, frisky, high-spirited, industrious, intense, inventive, jumping, keen, lively, nimble, perky, persevering, purposeful, pushing, quick, rapid, ready, resolute, sharp, sprightly, spry, whiz*, zealous, bustling, enlivened, fireball, hard-working, hyper, on the move |
| Notes: | active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing, as opposed to passive knowledge, which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, idle, indifferent, lazy, quiescent, quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decided |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | determined, strong-willed |
| Synonyms: | assertive, bent, certain, cocksure, decisive, deliberate, earnest, emphatic, established, firm, fixed, inflexible, intent, mulish, positive, purposeful, resolute, serious, set, settled, sure, unbending, unfaltering, unwavering, unyielding, iron-jawed, resolved, strong-minded, unhesitating |
| Antonyms: | deferential, delaying, hesitant, undecided, postponing, procrastinating |
| Main Entry: | willful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | voluntary |
| Synonyms: | conscious, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, purposeful, studied, volitional, willing, contemplated, designed, unforced, willed, witting |
| Antonyms: | involuntary, unwilling |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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